Real Madrid. What a draw. Whatever happens, this is the best possible way to continue an amazing season; a trip to the Santiago Bernabeu, followed by a memorable night at White Hart Lane.
This is the stage we've always wanted to see Tottenham on but a younger generation of fans just couldn't see it happening. Our history crows loudly about the big European nights at White Hart Lane. Well this is about as big as they come.
If the quarter-final is to be the end of a brilliant journey then, let's be honest, losing to Shakhtar or Schalke would have been a disappointment, as would going down to an English team. In Real Madrid, not only do we face the most successful European team of all time but also the more beatable of the two Spanish sides - and I think we can give them a real go.
In an effort not to tempt fate, I switched off before the draw for the semi-finals was made . Now I learn that the path we have plotted it the most difficult but therefore also the most glamorous.
This draw is exactly what European football is about, it is exactly what we've all been dreaming of for so many years and, if our future does lie away from White Hart Lane, it is no less than the old place deserves.
Now, I hate to ruin the starry-eyed party, but West Ham tomorrow anyone?
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